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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which addresses subjects pertaining to open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in electronic education technology have enabled humans in nations all around the world to be participants in classes via the Internet. MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students. Massively open online courses are almost always free for students but do not lead to formal accreditation. Infrastructure, marketing, pedagogy, and assessment are some of the areas where questions about MOOCs and other forms of open education persist. There are quite a few topics that distance learning institutions are having to consider now that e-learning technology is developing so quickly. How can stakeholders guarantee that the education provided by these MOOCs is good? How can participants assure that teachers are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? What business models are being used by institutions like NovoEd to conduct these MOOCs? What evaluation strategies and teaching practices are optimal? How can educators get a handle on poor learner motivation and high attrition?

As digital education technology becomes more commonplace there is a growing desire to grasp how these MOOC courses are being conducted. Scholars and lots of other stakeholders want to better understand the outcomes of these compelling new open educational experiments. Teachers want to know how these MOOC courses can be made better. To respond to this expanding need for details the definitive new book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of these massive online courses and other open education issues. This definitive new book also examines the most important controversies associated with these massive open online courses and open education resources. To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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